• Director(s)

    Lauren Hadaway

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Release date

    01/04/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone

Film

The Novice

strong language, self-harm

THE NOVICE is a US drama in which a college freshman joins her university's rowing team and is prepared to do whatever it takes to make it to the top varsity boat.…

THE NOVICE is a US drama in which a college freshman joins her university's rowing team and is prepared to do whatever it takes to make it to the top varsity boat.

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language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'piss', 'friggin'', 'crap' and 'God').
injury detail
There are scenes in which a young woman self-harms, depicted in a largely impressionistic manner, but with some emphasis on bloody injury detail. Determined to outdo her classmates and push herself to the limits, the young woman battles with her mental health as she undertakes an obsessive and physically gruelling regimen. There are some disturbing sequences involving a crab and a raven, symbolising the protagonist's fragile psychological state.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is moderate sex, including masked cunnilingus, as well as references to a man losing his condom during sex.

  • Director(s)

    Lauren Hadaway

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Release date

    01/04/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone

strong language, self-harm
Classified Date:
22/03/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'piss', 'friggin'', 'crap' and 'God').
injury detail
There are scenes in which a young woman self-harms, depicted in a largely impressionistic manner, but with some emphasis on bloody injury detail. Determined to outdo her classmates and push herself to the limits, the young woman battles with her mental health as she undertakes an obsessive and physically gruelling regimen. There are some disturbing sequences involving a crab and a raven, symbolising the protagonist's fragile psychological state.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is moderate sex, including masked cunnilingus, as well as references to a man losing his condom during sex.
strong language, self-harm
Classified Date:
22/03/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
language
There are multiple uses of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'frig', 'douche', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'ass', 'God').
suicide and self-harm
The film depicts the declining mental health of the central character. In one scene, she repeatedly bangs her head against a wall, and in another scene she cuts her body with scissors. Although the cutting detail mostly occurs offscreen, there is brief sight of blood in the aftermath, as well as sight of her scarred torso in a later scene.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are a couple of sex scenes, one of which includes thrusting. However, there is no strong detail. In one scene, a woman collapses with exhaustion and involuntarily urinates following a strenuous training routine.
Classified Date:
22/03/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd

  • Classified date

    22/03/2022

  • Language

    English